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September 7, 2004, Tuesday

To the Editor: Loren Graham credits the magazine Gerard Piel remade, Scientific American, for its lively coverage of scientific advances. Graham then takes the magazine to task for its supposed failure to address the problems ''in the ways in...

December 2, 2001, Sunday

To the Editor: In his review of my book ''The Age of Science'' (Nov. 11), Loren Graham asked me a question. I beg leave to reply. Graham cites my endorsement of ''Jacob Bronowski's rebuke of foreign-policy makers for not letting 'the tolerance...

July 1, 1995, Saturday

I reached the point where I could not bear to read another science fiction novel one spring day during my freshman year of college. It was the height of the Vietnam War and science fiction suddenly seemed irrelevant. I remember that moment now...

September 8, 1989, Friday

Scientific American Inc., the privately held company whose monthly magazine is respected throughout the scientific community, has been put up for sale, Gerard Piel, its chairman, said yesterday. Mr. Piel declined to say whether the company had...

March 29, 1986, Saturday

The guard has begun to change at Scientific American Inc., the privately held magazine and book publishing company. At its annual meeting, the board elected Jonathan Bird Piel as president. Mr. Piel, 45 years old, succeeds his father, Gerard Piel,...